#C9CE34#C9CE34

#C9CE34 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.166 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE34
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 52)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 74.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -19.33, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 73.03, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0607 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.166 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7801, 56.8093, 11.7492)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE34 #3934CE

analogous

#CE8634 #C9CE34 #7CCE34

triadic

#C9CE34 #34C9CE #CE34C9

tetradic

#C9CE34 #34CE86 #3934CE #CE347C

square

#C9CE34 #34CE86 #3934CE #CE347C

split-complementary

#C9CE34 #347CCE #8634CE

monochromatic

#6B6D1A #9B9F26 #C9CE34 #D6DA65 #E3E697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C9CE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#C9CE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE34

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE34	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC50D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.166 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc78',
    500: '#c9ce34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce34;
$custom-light: #dddc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.948,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82158,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE34

secondary

#323077

accent

#44E449

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE34

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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